All paintings by Alison Van Wyck, founder of Wisdom Nectar
Sky Flowers
At special times, the sky is full of flowers.
Not many people can perceive this auspicious phenomenon, though some feel dew of petals falling on their skin.
Larger than life, I painted this so I could see it & share it with others.
OIL ON CANVAS: 84" X 84”
Waterfall
A response to a friend to paint ablution: to cleanse & wash away impurities.
The writing streaming through the waterfall is the Tibetan Sanskrit 100-syllable Vajrasattva mantra.
OIL ON CANVAS: 96" X 36”
Ah in Space
Ah is the seed syllable for speech & expression.
I did a series of Sanskrit writing playing between the symbol & illusion of space.
This one cuts through space like a knife.
OIL ON CANVAS: 48" X 36”
Bardo of Sleeplessness
We’ve all been in this state & know its quality. This image came to me very clearly as a moon reflected in water.
During this time, there occurred a lunar eclipse which was red in color with a smudge of darkness down the center - like a thumbprint on the moon.
What is the edge the moon <sits> on?
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Bardo of Sleep
Bardo is the in-between — usually the big one between death & life.
There are other in-between states, like sleep.
OIL ON CANVAS: 50" X 72”
Bardo of Living
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Bardo of Dying
In the Bardo, we are alone.
Each in our own minds projection.
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Bardo of Becoming
An invitation, fraught with drive to grow. A hook, cord & tigle. New life forming; not yet inhabited by spirit.
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Om Mani Padme Hung
The six-syllable mantra of Compassion.
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Trungpa's Ah
Seed syllables: OM AH HUNG
Represents enlightened body, speech & mind.
OIL ON CANVAS: 60" x 36"
Channels
There are channels in the body where the winds & drops flow — collecting in the center column at key places: wheels.
This painting shows the wheels of the crown, throat, heart & center.
OIL ON CANVAS: 36" X 30”
Ah with Discs
I was thinking of Jasper Johns when I painted this. He is the King of shallow space.
This is another Ah in Space.
OIL ON CANVAS: 48" X 36”
Melting Sky
OIL ON CANVAS: 36" X 60”
Milarepa
Thangka Painting. Stone pigments on sized cotton.
Dimensions: 19" X 14”
Green Tara
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS: 40" x 40"
Hung
Oil on Canvas
Larks Tongue
Flower petals in space.
OIL ON CANVAS
Bardo of Ocean
Oil on Canvas